Natrum sulphuricum
(Natrum sulphuricum · Sodium sulphate (Glauber’s salt))
The remedy of damp weather. In the materia medica, Natrum sulphuricum is associated with people who feel every shift from dry to wet, with loose morning stools, rattling chests and the lingering effects of head injuries.
Source
Sodium sulphate, known as Glauber’s salt, one of the twelve tissue salts
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Nat-s.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Feels every change from dry to wet weather; worse in damp houses and basements
Sudden, gushing stool on first getting up in the morning, with much wind
Rattling, wet chest; holds the chest with both hands when coughing
Low, gloomy mood, made sadder by lively music; lingering mental effects after a blow or fall to the head
Tends to feel better
Dry weather
Pressure
Changing position
Open air
Tends to feel worse
Damp weather and damp basements
Lying on the left side
Morning
Music
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Natrum sulphuricum)
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Dulcamara
(Solanum dulcamara)
Also triggered by damp, but Dulcamara’s picture is sudden chill from a warm-to-cold change, without the strong liver and chest focus.
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Thuja
(Thuja occidentalis)
Classically complementary; both have warts and damp-weather complaints, with Thuja’s picture more fixed on the skin and growths.
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Arnica
(Arnica montana)
Arnica is the first thought for the fresh shock and bruising of a head injury; Natrum sulphuricum for its lingering after-effects.
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From the classic texts
“Feels every change from dry to wet; cannot even eat plants growing near water, nor fish. Always feels best in warm, dry air.”
“Diarrhoea: sudden, urging, gushing, much flatus; on first rising and standing on the feet; after a spell of wet weather; living on working in basements.”
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